Starlight Sugar Crisps - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cake compressed yeast
3 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. lukewarm water
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. Crisco
1/2 c. sour cream
1 1/2 c. sugar

Preparation

Soften cake yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water.
(You may substitute 1 package dry yeast softened in 1/4 cup very warm, not hot, water.)
Sift together 3 1/2 cups flour and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt into a mixing bowl.
Cut in the butter and Crisco until the particles are the size of small peas.
Blend in the beaten eggs, sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the softened yeast.
Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
Combine in a bowl 1 1/2 cups sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
Set aside.